Apparatus for interiorly cleansing recetacles.



P.IG. SCHMIDT.

APPARATUS FOR INTERIORLY CLEANING REOEPTACLES. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, I913. RENEWED MAY 6,1915.

1,142,913. Patented June 15, 1915.

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Witnesses N Attorneys I THE NORRIS PETERS CO1, FHOTO-LITHO-, WASHINGTON, D. C.

P. G. SCHMIDT. APPARATUS FOR INTERIORLY CLEANING RECEPTACLES. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5 I913. RENEWED MAY 6,1915.

1,142,913. Patented June 15, 1915.

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Inventor Witnesses by I r Z/ I I Attornyr 1H5 NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHOL. WASIiINGTON. D C.

PETER e. SCHMIDT, 0F OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON.

APPARATUS FOR INTERIORLY CLEANSI NG REOEPTAGLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed March 5, 1913, Serial No. 752,202. Renewed May 6, 1915. Serial No. 26,394.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER G. SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olympia, in the county of Thurston and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Interiorly Cleansing Receptacles, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to automaticapparatus for interiorly cleaning. and heating kegs, barrels, and other like .receptacles. Apparatus of this character as heretofore employed have required excessive labor'and affected the workmen because of the heat and vapors given 011' during the cleansing or heating operation and such apparatus have also been found to be objectionable, especially when removing pitch, because of the difficulty experienced in readily removing the pitch from the apparatus so as to prevent clogging. 7

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide cleaning apparatus utilizing receptacles located directly under the opening through which the'receptacle being cleaned is drained so that the heavy sub stances discharged from the receptacle will gravitate directly into said receptacles, there being means provided for conveying to a suitably arranged outlet, all vapors which may be caused by the cleansing fluid during this operation.

A further object is to provide apparatus of this character having receptacles which are removable readily so that they can be easily cleaned.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :--Figure 1 is aside elevation of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a section on line A-B Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an 'enlarged view partly in side elevation and partly in section of the cleansing apparatus. Fig. 4 is a section on line CD Fig. 3.

adapted to project into the bung hole of the keg, barrel orthe like to be cleaned and which is to be supported by the saddle.

Outlet openings" 7 are formed in the bottom of the saddle and about the nozzle 6 and are designed. to. drain downwardly into the standard 4. The bottom of the drum 3 is,

open, as shown at 8 and a flange 9 extends around this open bottom and constitutes an abutment for the upper edges of a pot or receptacle 10 which is adapted to be located between the supports 2. This pot may be held against the flange 9 by cams 11 secured to a shaft 12 which extends transversely under the supports and is adapted to be rotated in any suitable manner, as by means of a lever 13. As shown in thedrawings, flange 9 has a depending lip 14: designed to project" into the upper portion of the pot so as thus to hold the pot centered about the opening 8.

It is to be understood that the apparatus constituting the present invention can be made up of anydesired number of unlts,

each of whichincludes a saddle and the parts thereunder hereinbefore described. The

drums of the units are connected by draft I flues l5 and all of the units arepreferably arranged along a straight line. "One or more of the flues 15 has an outlet flue 16 extending therefrom to a stack or theolike and,

if desired, any suitable means may be prof vided for setting up a forced suction from the several units and through the flues 15 to the outlet flue or flues 16.

superheated steam is preferably employed as a cleansing agent and is supplied to the several nozzles 6 through pipes 17fhaving controlling valves 18 which, in turn, are adapted to be operated by weighted levers 19 the active ends of which project close to the saddles and are adapted to be operated by the receptacle when deposited on the saddles so as thus to open the valves.

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It is to be understood, however, that any other cleansing agent may be used, this depending largely upon the nature of the substances to be removed from the receptacles. Furthermore, any desired mechanism can be utilized for depositing each receptacle successively upon the several saddles included in the apparatus. In the mechanism illustrated, a lifting frame 20 is utilized, this frame extending throughout the length of the apparatus and being supported by a desired number of crank arms 21 which rotate in unison so as to cause the frame 20, while held horizontally, to move in a circle and thus simultaneously lift all of the re ceptacles off of the saddles on which they are mounted and convey them to the neXt adjoining saddles. does not constitute any part of the present invention nor do I claim the particular means, operated by the receptacles, for opening the valves and admitting the cleansing fluid to the nozzles.

The receptacles to be cleaned are brought to position adjacent the cleaning apparatus by means of any suitable mechanism provided for that purpose, a portion of the mechanism for holding the receptacles adjacent the cleaning apparatus, having been illustrated at E in Fig. l. The conveying apparatus indicated at 2 0 and 21 removes the receptacle from the apparatus E and deposits it upon the adjacent saddle 5 and, if the saddles are already occupied by receptacles, the conveying apparatus will likewise transfer said receptacles from the saddles on which they are mounted to the next adjoining saddles. As soon as the receptacles are deposited on the saddles, the valves are actuated and the cleansing fluid is directed through the nozzles and into the receptacles. This cleansing fluid acts upon the contents of the receptacle so as to separate them from the receptacle and discharge them downwardly through the openings 7 fromwhich they will gravitate directly through the standards 1 and drums S into the pots 10 located under the drums. The lighter cleansing fluid which, as before stated, can be superheated steam, will be sucked from the drums 3 to the flue or flues 16 and conveyed to any desired distance from the apparatus. After the pots 10 have becomed filled, they can be easily removed by lowering them out of engagement with the flanges 9 and then withdrawing them from under the drums. If the apparatus is employed for removing pitch from kegs or the like, the pitch deposited in the pots can be easily removed by inverting the pots and heating them.

As shown in Fig. 3 baffles 22 may be arranged within the flue 15 at opposite sides of the flue 16. a V i What is claimed is 1. Cleaning apparatus including a hollow This conveying mechanism pedestal open at its lower end and having a drain opening at its upper end, there being means at the upper end of the pedestal for engaging a receptacle to be cleaned, a removable receptacle sealing the lower end of the pedestal and directly under the drain opening to receive heavy substances gravitating through said opening from the engaged receptacle, and means for directing the cleansing fluid from the pedestal at a point above the receptacle.

2. Cleaning apparatus including-a hollow pedestal open at its lower end and having a drain opening at its upper end, there being means at the upper end of the pedestal for engaging a receptacle to be cleaned, means for directing a cleansing agent into the engaged receptacle, va receptacle removably mounted at the lower 'end of the pedestal and directly under the drain opening for receiving heavy substances gravitating through the drain opening from the engaged receptacle, means for exhausting the cleansing agent from the pedestal at a point above the removable receptacle, and means for elevating the removable receptacle against and binding it upon the pedestal while in receiving position to seat the bottom of the pedestal.

3. Cleaning apparatus including a hollow pedestal open at the bottom and having a drain opening at the top thereof, there being means at the upper end of the pedestal for engaging a receptacle to be cleaned, means for directing a cleansing agent into the engaged receptacle, a vertically adjustable receptacle under the pedestal for receiving heavy substances gravitating through the drain opening from the engaged receptacle, means depending from the pedestal for projecting into the upper portion of the adjustable receptacle when in elevated position, and means forbinding the adjustable receptacle upon the open bottom of the pedestal to seal said bottom. 7

4. Cleaning apparatus including a hollow pedestal open at the bottom and having an inlet at the top, a receptacle under the pedestal, and means for clamping the receptacle upon the bottom of the pedestal to seal said bottom, said receptacle being removable from under the pedestal.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER Cr. SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

SELINA WILLSON, I. E. SIMPSON.

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